Many businesses had other immediate issues to deal with aside from transport The Keener to be Greener study was conducted among 300 fleet decision-makers on behalf of Bridgestone Mobility Solutions. It found that only 53% of fleet managers feel they have adequate plans in place to decarbonise transport in alignment …
Read More »IPC gives members access to best-in-class cross-border technology
International Post Corporation (IPC) is enabling its members to meet the growing cross-border regulatory challenges through the provision of industry-leading technologies. One of the major challenges facing postal operators is Import Control System 2 (ICS2) which is underpinned by a large-scale advance cargo information system. The first ICS2 release occurred …
Read More »Vandals slash tyres of five Royal Mail vans in Perth delivery office car park
Officers in Perth are appealing for information after the tyres of five Royal Mail vans were slashed by vandals in a sorting office car park. The incident occurred outside the delivery office on Breadalbane Terrace sometime between 6pm on August 13 and 6am on August 15. Police are asking anyone …
Read More »Royal Mail Makes Parcel Collect Service Free Until the End of 2022
Royal Mail’s Parcel Collect service is now £0 until the end of December 2022 and booking it has become even easier. With Parcel Collect, customers arrange for their daily postal worker to collect their parcels from their doorstep. Customers sending or returning a parcel on the Royal Mail app or …
Read More »Britain’s strike wave escalates as millions push for action
Britain is experiencing a wave of strikes on a scale unseen for decades. More than 40,000 rail workers represented by the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) and Transport Salaried Staffs Association (TSSA) will continue national rail strikes on Thursday and Saturday. Around 10,000 RMT members on the London Underground …
Read More »Scam emails from ‘Royal Mail’ increasing in North Wales
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Read More »Row as Royal Navy backs down on role as Channel migrant ‘taxi service’
The Royal Navy has become embroiled in a row after backing down on its role as a ‘taxi service’ for migrants in the Channel – as the number of crossings has reached more than 20,000 so far this year. The Ministry of Defence has told ministers that Navy ships will …
Read More »‘Postal workers deserve a fair wage’ – Newry MLA | Newry News
McNulty said postal workers deserved a wage increase that reflects the rising cost of living. Postal workers are set to begin four days of strike action on 26 August. Newry and Armagh MLA Justin McNulty says, “Royal Mail workers have the full backing of myself and the SDLP …
Read More »What was life like the last time inflation was this high in 1982?
Consumer Prices Index (CPI) inflation reached 10.1% last month. It is the biggest jump in the cost of living since February 1982, when CPI reached 10.4%, according to estimates. Here is what was happening in the country in 1982: – Economy The unemployment rate stood at 10.4%, the highest it …
Read More »CNG Fuels opens tenth UK biomethane refuelling station for heavy goods lorries
Biomethane supplier CNG Fuels has officially opened its tenth heavy-goods vehicle (HGV) re-fuelling station in the UK today, with the new Castleford site in West Yorkshire bringing the firm’s total re-fuelling capability up to 5,000 HGVs across the country daily, it announced today. The new station on the Normanton Industrial …
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